Comment by consumer451

10 days ago

Exactly.

Apologies if I wrote my original comment poorly, but that was I was trying to communicate.

Not only was this person able to write good comedy, but they knew what tools were available and how to use them.

I previously wrote:

> "AI won't replace you, but someone who knows how to use AI will replace you." ...

The missing part is "But a person who was excellent at their pre-AI job, will replace ten of the people down the chain."

The possible analog that just popped into my head is the nearly always missed part of the quote "the customer is always right" ... "in matters of taste."

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jrflowers  9 days ago

> a person who was excellent at their pre-AI job, will replace ten of the people down the chain

I think comedy is a great example of how this is not the general case.

In this instance, the video you posted was the result when a comic used a tool to make a non-living thing say their jokes.

That’s not new, that’s a prop. It’s ventriloquism. People have been doing that gag since the first crude marionette was whittled.

The existence of prop comics isn’t an indicator that that’s the pinnacle of comedy (or even particularly good). If Mitch Hedburg had Jeff Dunham’s puppets it probably would’ve been… fine, but if Jeff Dunham woke up tomorrow with Hedburg’s ability to write and deliver jokes his life and career would be dramatically changed forever.

Better dummies will benefit some ventriloquists but there’s no reason to think that this is the moment that the dummies get so good that everyone will stop watching humans and start watching ventriloquists (which is what would have to happen for one e-ventriloquist putting 10 comedians out of a job to be a regular thing)

  • consumer451  9 days ago

    This is likely the most intriguing response to a comment that I have ever received on this website.

    I will be right back after I think of a reply while in the shower, many months in the future.